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Torture and moral integrity : a philosophical enquiry / by Matthew H. Kramer.
LIBRA HV8593 .K73 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kramer, Matthew H., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Torture.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 339 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- The morality of interrogational torture has been the subject of heated debate in recent years. In explaining why torture is morally wrong, Matthew Kramer engages in deep philosophical reflections on the nature of morality and on moral conflicts.
- Contents:
- Introduction I: Moral conflicts and deontology
- Introduction II: What is torture?
- Why torture is wrong
- The rationality of deontological constraints
- Legal responses to torture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780198714200
- 0198714203
- OCLC:
- 880607417
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